All Stories from June 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Race to Mackinac reaches boat limitJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - The 103rd Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac has reached 361 boats and entries are now closed, race officials announced Thursday. The 333-mile sailing race to Mackinac ...
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Remember the volunteers who make Fourth of July fun possibleJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - It’s Fourth of July weekend, and time to grab those grills and find the best spot for fireworks. Many of the celebrations are fueled by volunteers. That’s the case in Ba...
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Time to speculate: Princess Diana would be 50Jun 30, 2011 12:00 am - LONDON — Princess Diana would have been 50 years old on Friday, perhaps the only certainty about the course of what might have been in a life abruptly cut short in a 199...
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Elgin woman gets 8 years for sixth DUIJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - An Elgin woman jailed after she showed up at court intoxicated last month was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $6,950 Thursday in exchange for pleading guilt...
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Quinn faces budget deadline tonightJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - The old Illinois budget is about to expire, so watch for Gov. Pat Quinn to take action on a new spending plan despite his complaints it doesn’t meet the state’s needs. T...
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Mundelein names three pageant queensJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Mundelein has three new pageant queens. Part of the annual Mundelein Community Days Festival, the pageants were staged this week at Mundelein High School. The Miss Munde...
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Japan pledges to double sales taxJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s government modified a pledge to double the nation’s 5 percent sales tax by 2015 after some ruling party members said a specific deadl...
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Word of Oxford comma change causes bit of panicJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - LONDON — A report that Oxford University had changed its comma rule left some punctuation obsessives alarmed, annoyed, and distraught. Passions subsided as the universit...
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Police: Pa. woman assaulted grandson over baconJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - CLIFTON HEIGHTS, Pa. — A southeastern Pennsylvania woman is accused of beating her 9-year-old grandson and blasting him in the face with a garden hose because he ate too...
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Clinton, Geithner to speak at Chicago jobs summitJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Former President Bill Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are scheduled to deliver the closing remarks at a jobs summit in Chicago. The closing session of th...